- Outlines are a great way to add definition,…another interest to your Office shapes.…Most shapes come with basic Outlines,…but you can easily remove those Outlines.…You just have to select the shape,…go up to DRAWING TOOLS, click Shape Outline,…and click No Outline.…You can also apply Outlines…to multiple shapes at the same time…or shapes that are grouped together.…You can also make many other changes to Outlines.…Let's take a look at Outline weight.…Basically that's the thickness…of the line surrounding a shape.…

As you can see this outline is…a little thinner than the others.…I'll select the shape.…As you can see DRAWING TOOLS is already selected,…I'll click Shape Outline,…and then look at Weight.…This outline has the smallest amount available…in the defaults, which is 1/4 pt.…I'll click on the next shape, go up to Shape Outline.…As you can see this has a 3 pt outline.…That's kind of the midpoint of the default sizes.…Now I'll click on the shape on the right,…go up to Shape Outline, and it has a 6 pt outline.…

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5/14/2015

Learn how to create conceptual shapes and art for PowerPoint presentations quickly, add graphics to a flyer in Word, and leverage Office to spice up other business docs. This course walks you through adding shapes and SmartArt to Office docs, and building everything from conceptual graphics to Venn diagrams. Author Toni Saddler-French first explains the basics of working with Office art. She then shows how to resize, organize, and format shapes, and enhance them with fills, themes, preset formats, textures, gradients, 3D effects, and more. In the final chapters, she'll cover working with SmartArt, including advanced tricks such as converting bullets and text into SmartArt diagrams.